On the 19th, the KOSPI index is slightly down amid selling pressure from foreign investors.
As of 12:06 p.m. that day, the KOSPI index is trading at 3164.70, down 12.58 points (0.40%) from the previous day. In the stock market, foreigners are net selling 295 billion won, dragging down the index. Individuals and institutions have net bought 153.5 billion won and 98.6 billion won, respectively.
Large-cap stocks are mixed. Hanwha Aerospace and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries are down 3.60% and 2.57%, respectively, while SK hynix (-0.93%), LG Energy Solution (-0.78%), and Samsung Biologics (-0.19%) are also on a downward trend. In contrast, Kia (1.08%), KB Financial (0.47%), Hyundai Motor (0.46%), Samsung Electronics (0.43%), and Samsung Electronics Preferred Stock (0.17%) are rising.
At the same time, the KOSDAQ index is trading at 790.81, down 7.24 points (0.91%) from the previous day. In the KOSDAQ market, institutions and foreigners sold 51 billion won and 35.7 billion won, respectively, while individuals bought 120.4 billion won.
The top KOSDAQ stocks are weak. Peptron is down more than 10%, and ABL Bio (-6.47%), LigaChem Biosciences (-3.19%), HLB (-2.27%), and Rainbow Robotics (-1.13%) are also declining. PharmaResearch (3.29%) and ECOPRO BM (0.23%) are on the rise.
In the Seoul foreign exchange market, the exchange rate for the won against the US dollar is trading at 1389.7 won, up 1.6 won from the previous trading day at the same time.